Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 Winners List: Check List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners Here

Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 winners list is the most anticipated one among all the literary lovers, as Sahitya Akademi Award is one of the esteemed awards, granted to honour Indian literature, written in 24 officially recognized Indian languages. The Akademi was established by Jawaharlal Nehru who was also the chairperson. Sahitya Akademi Award was incepted in the year 1954, and the first Sahitya Awards were given in the year 1955. The National academy of letters is responsible for all literary activities of our country, which endeavours to recognize Indian literature with excellence. Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 winners list was announced for the year 2020 on March 12, 2021.    

by Bhuvaneshwari A

Updated Aug 26, 2021

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Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 Winners List: Check List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners Here
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Sahitya Akademi Award 2020 Winners List

The second most prestigious award, Sahitya Akademi was granted to 20 Indian writers, among them were senior congress leader, M Veerappa Moily and renowned poet, Arundhathi Subramaniam. The winners of Sahitya were presented with 1 Lakh rupees along with a casket containing engraved copper plaque and a shawl. The laureates of Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 winners list was updated on March 12, 2021 for the year 2020. Hence the Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 winners list is as mentioned below: 

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WINNERS

TITLE

GENRE 

LANGUAGE

Apurba Kumar Saikia

Bengsata

Short stories

Assamese

Mani Shankar Mukhopadhay

Eka Eka Ekashi

Memoirs 

Bengali

Dharanidhar Owari

Gwthenay Lamayao Gwdan Agan

Short stories

Bodo

Gian Singh 

Baba Jitmal 

Play

Dogri

Arundhathi Subramaniam

When God is a Traveller

poetry

English

Harish Meenakshru

Banaras Diary

Poetry

Gujarati

Anamika 

Tokeri Mein Digant Their Gatha

Poetry 

Hindi

M.veerappa Moily

Sri Bahubali Ahimsadigvijayam

Epic Poetry

Kannada

Hiday Koul Bharti

Tilasm-e-Khanabadosh

Short Stories 

Kashmiri

RS Bhaskar

Yugaparivarathanancho yatri

Poetry 

Konkani 

Kamalkant Jha

Gachh Roosal Achhi 

Short stories 

Maithili

Irungbam Deven 

Malangbana Kari Hai

Poetry

Manipuri

Nanda khare

Udya

Novel

Marathi

Gurdev Singh Rupana

Aam Khass

Short Stories

Punjabi

Mahesh Chandra Sharma Gautam 

Vaishali 

Novel 

Sanskrit

Rupchand Hansdah

Gur Dak Kasa Dak

Poetry

Santali

Jetho Lalwani 

Jehad 

Plays

Sindhi

Imaiyam 

Sellaatha Panam 

Novel 

Tamil

Nikhileswar

Agniswaasa (2015-17)

Poetry

Telugu

Hussain-ul-Haque Amawas Mein Khwab Novel Urdu

Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award 2021

The Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 Winners list which was updated on 12th march 2021, consists of 7 poetry, 4 novels, 5 short stories, 1 Epic poem, 2 plays and 1 memoir, written by 20 authors in 20 different Indian languages. Arunthathi Subramaniam is the overall Sahitya Akademi award 2021 winner for her poetry “When God is a traveller” written in English language. The first person to win this award was R.K Narayanan for his novel “The Guide”, in 1960. In the course of time, Kendra Sahitya Akademi has instituted separate categories of awards to acknowledge other streams of writing as well. The Award Bhasha Shamman is awarded for outstanding work in translation, while Yuva Puraskar is awarded to young writers below the age of 35 and Bal Sahitya Puraskar award is conferred to the writers of children’s books.  

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Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 Winners

Kerala Sahitya Akademi is an autonomous body which gives special recognition to malayalam literature. It was established in the year 1956 by a former king named Chithira Thirunal Balarama varma. The current chairman of Kerala Sahitya Akademi award is K P Mohanan. The laureates of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 winners will be awarded with the cash prize of Rs. 50, 000 along with a plaque. Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award has been conducted every year since 1958. There are various categories of awards for different genres of writings in malayalam literature. Malayalam writers such as Sethu and perumbadavam were awarded with fellowship award followed by lifetime achievement akademi award for the writers above the age of 60, to honor their contribution towards malayalam literature. The other Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 winners are as follow: 

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POETRY

O P SURESH 

(Taj Mahal)

NOVEL

MATHEWS 

(Adiyalapretham)

SHORT STORY

UNNI R (Vanku)

DRAMA 

SREEJITH POYIKKAVU 

(Dwayam)

LITERARY CRITICISM 

P SOMAN 

(Vailopilly Kavitha Oru Idathupaksha Vayana)

KNOWLEDGE LITERATURE 

T K ANANDHI 

(Marxisaum Feminisavum Charithraparamaya Visakalanam)

BIOGRAPHY

K REGHUNATHAN (Mukthakantam VKN)

TRAVELOGUE

VIDHU VINCENT 

(Daivam Olivi Poya Naalukal)

TRANSLATION 

ANITHA THAMPI 

(Ramalla Njan Kandu)

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

PRIYA A S 

(Perumazhayathe Kunjithalukal)

 The Sahitya Akademi award is different from the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award. The person who has bagged Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 for malayalam is Omchery N.N Pillai for a memoir called Akasmikam, who has also bagged Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award twice.  


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Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 Winners List - FAQs

1. How is Kerala Sahitya Akademi related to Sahitya Akademi?

Kerala Sahitya Akademi is not related to Sahitya Akademi. Kerala Sahitya Akademi is an individual body which is instituted by the Kerala government to cater and recognize writers of Malayalam literature. 

 

2. Who was the chairperson who established the Sahitya Akademi Award?    

Jawaharlal Nehru was the chairperson  who established the Sahitya Akademi.

3. How many languages are officially recognized by Sahitya Akademy ?

24 languages are officially recognized as indian language by the Sahitya Akademy awards including english language.

 

4. Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for publishing in the English language?

Arunthathi subramaniam won the Sahitya Akademi Award for her poetry “When God is a Traveller” 

 

5. When was the Sahitya Akademy awards for the year 2020 announced? 

March 12, 2021 was the date and year when they announced Sahitya Akademy awards.

 

6. To whom is the Yuva Puraskar award awarded to ?   

Yuva Puraskar Award is awarded to the young indian writers, below the age of 35 years.

7. What is the prize amount of Kerala Sahitya Akademi award?   

Rs, 50,000 with a plaque is the cash reward of Kerala Sahitya Akademi award. 

 

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